The four-day expo is being organized by the Qatar Chamber for the third year in a row with the participation of more than 100 Chinese companies representing different economic and trade sectors.

The event is being held under the patronage of Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani from November 16 to 19, the statement said.

Qatar Chamber Director General Saleh bin Hamad Al Sharqi said the third edition of the exhibition is expected to see a large turnout from businessmen and investors, as it provides an ideal opportunity to inform visitors on the latest Chinese innovations, and explore building joint commercial alliances between Qatari and Chinese firms.

He affirmed that the exhibition has attracted a wide range of Chinese companies that are keen on displaying their products in the local market despite the ongoing unjust siege imposed on Qatar by the Saudi-led bloc.

“Chinese companies are interested to enter the Qatari market through this successful exhibition, which brings together Qatari and Chinese investors under one umbrella. It also enables both sides to address all issues relating to joint investment,” he added.

“The expo aims to enhance cooperation between Qatari and Chinese businessmen, taking advantage of the Chinese expertise in the industry, and would create a platform to build trade transactions between both countries.”

Stressing the strength of Qatar-China relations, he said the ties between the two countries witnessed huge progress over recent years with the trade exchange reaching QR20 billion.

Qatar Chamber (QC) launched an external media campaign for the ‘Made in China 2017’ expo during the press conference held on Sunday 15 Oct. in China’s Dalian City, according to a press statement issued by the Chamber.

The event was attended by dozens of media outlets and more than Chinese companies looking to enter the Qatari market from the exhibition portal .

The statement said that Ali Bu Sherbak Al Mansouri, QC’s Assistant Director-General for Governmental & Int. Relations, represented the Chamber in the conference held in the attendance of the president of Dalian Chamber of Commerce Mr. Cui Tie, and officials of Chinese Chambers Federation in Dalian City.

The third edition of the ‘Made in China 2017’ exhibition will be held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) under the patronage of Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani, on November 16-19.

The four-day expo is being be organised by the Qatar Chamber with the aim of offering an opportunity for the local business community to get acquainted with the Chinese products and to help them build constructive partnerships and alliances with their Chinese counterparts.

Addressing the media, Al Mansouri noted that the expo was highly acclaimed in its first and second editions and saw several contracts and joint ventures signed between Qatari and Chinese companies. He expected the participation of more than 100 Chinese companies representing various economic sectors in China in this year edition.

He said that holding the exhibition for the third year in a row reflects the robustness and strength of Qatari-Chinese relations, not only in economic and trade fields, but in political, social and cultural spheres as well.

He added saying: “Qatar, China relations witnessed great progress over recent years. China is a very key trade partner to Qatar. Trade exchange hit last year $ 5.5 bn including $4bn Qatari exports to China and China is Qatar’s fourth trade partner, while Qatar is China’s second largest supplier of LNG.”

Pointing out that this year expo comes concurrently with the Gulf crisis and the unjust siege imposed by neighboring countries on the State of Qatar whose economy is not affected by this blockade, he said that Qatar succeeded in dealing with these unfair measures very quickly and directly shifted to alternative sources.

“Hamad Port was inaugurated and direct marine routes were launched with China’s ports. This effectively contributed to continuing the flow of Chinese imports to Qatar without the need to pass across siege countries,” he said.

He said that there are opportunities ample for Chinese companies to supply goods to the Qatari market, especially the building and construction materials as all construction works related to 2022 World Cup Is progressing rapidly, calling on Chinese companies to take part in these projects and to provide Qatar with all goods needed for these projects.

He expressed his hope that the expo would help Chinese exhibitors inform Qatari business community of their latest technological innovations, explore the available investment opportunities in the Qatari market and to end in transactions and agreements between the two sides.

On the sidelines of the conference, Bu Sherbak met with Mr. Cui Tie and together discussed ways of boosting trade cooperation between Qatar and China and viewed the preparations of the expo being organized in Qatar for the third year in a row.

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Sun, 16 Oct 2016 06:26:18 +0000https://mic.qatarchamber.com/?p=1The 2nd Qatar Made in China Exhibition 2016 is a trade fair and B2B / B2G exchange platform comprehensively demonstrating all countries in the Middle East and Africa “middle and high-end” products and solutions in fields of Chinese architecture, science and technology, which are co-organized by Qatari government and China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges of the Ministry of Commerce. China and Gulf countries investment economic trading cooperation forum will be hold at the same period in order to show the exhibition close rate.

Today, in the period that the Middle East and Africa are dramatically building infrastructure, especially after Qatar wins the right to host two international Events, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIBA World Championship, domestic demand for infrastructure has increased dramatically. Besides, Qatar is located in the strategic transportation junction of Afro-Eurasia. Therefore, the exhibition held in Qatar shall win support and favor from national government departments and enterprises in the Middle East and Africa. It is estimated that around 300 domestic enterprises participating in the exhibition will negotiate with over 800 governments and enterprise buyers from 30 countries for about 1,000 projects in the Middle East and Africa. The buyers from large and medium-sized projects organized by Qatari government accounts for 60%, while other buyers from countries in the Middle East and Africa accounts for 40%.

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Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:29:45 +0000http://themes.tielabs.com/sahifa5/?p=37Since the successful application for hosting 2022 World Cup and 2019 World Championship, there has been a soaring market demand in domestic infrastructure of Qatar. In the upcoming four years, Qatari government will invest more than $ 285 billion in infrastructure construction, including a series of large projects such as, new city initiative, old city area rebuilding, subway, road and railway network construction, energy and water conservation projects, hi-tech sports stadiums, civil residence on a large scale and restaurants and hotels, etc., representing a huge market potential.

Furthermore, reported by Katis, upon arrival of the World Cup, the inflation rate of Qatar will lodge in between 18%-20% during 2016-2019, a sign that will further boost the demand in the construction market. Moreover, as the promoting of encouraging policies of 2030 national visions, all fields in Qatar are on a fast growing track, especially in infrastructure and engineering constructions. The world economy report proved a 6.5% of GDP growth rate of Qatar in 2014, and 7.7% for 2015, making it the fastest growing gulf countries.

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